Virginia Ruth Holmes Graham, age 85, resident of Oakland, Tennessee, departed this life Tuesday evening, September 29, 2021 at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Virginia was born December 21, 1935 in Booneville, Mississippi, the daughter of the late James V. Holmes and Audrey Reece Holmes. She graduated from Mississippi County High School and attended Arkansas…
Funeral service for Dewanda Wanett Simmons-Mays, age 45, will be Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. Simmons-Mays died Friday, September 24, 2021 at Jackson General Hospital. Visitation for Mrs. Simmons-Mays will be Friday, October 1, 2021 from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM at…
Mrs. Elvin Ruth Emmons Marcom, age 91, passed away on Thursday, September 30, 2021, at her home in Medon, TN. Graveside Services will be conducted on Monday, October 4, 2021, at 1:00 P.M. at Brownsville Memorial Gardens. She was born in Hardin County, TN on June 30, 1930, to the late Clint Emmons and Delphia Feazell Emmons. She was also…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Britney Spears’ fight to end the conservatorship that controlled vast aspects of her life is putting the spotlight on ongoing efforts in the states to reform laws that advocates say too often harm the very people they were meant to protect. Already this year, New Jersey cracked down on the circle of people who could petition…
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed another eight Madison County residents have died due to COVID-19 complications. The health department confirms those individuals are: A 61-year-old male who died September 27 A 43-year-old male who died September 27 A 52-year-old female who died September 26 A 72-year-old female who died September 27 A 77-year-old male…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A top committee in the Southern Baptist Convention is facing mounting pressure from within the denomination over issues related to sexual abuse. Many seminary presidents, state leaders and pastors want the Executive Committee to stop delaying and act. They want the committee to accept the terms of a third-party investigation into how it handled sexual abuse…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s popularity has slumped — with half of Americans now approving and half disapproving of his leadership. That’s according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Support for the president who pledged to bring the country together and restore competence in government has declined after a slew of challenges…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — State leaders are calling on Tennesseans to help save lives. The Department of Safety and Homeland Security, the Tennessee Donor Services and the Mid-South Transplant Foundation, Inc. are coming together for the “Be the Gift Tennessee Challenge.” The challenge aims to increase organ and tissue donor registrations from now to the end of the year, the release…
JACKSON, Tenn. — RIFA has been helping fight hunger in the Hub City since 1976. One way they do it is through their “cantastic” event. RIFA hosted their 16th annual Canstruction at the Carl Perkins Civic Center Thursday evening. “This week we’ve had teams build out structures here in the lobby of the civic center. They’ve worked tirelessly for two…
SAVANNAH, Tenn. — Law enforcement brothers and sisters-in-arms honored fallen Hardin County Deputy Matthew Locke. A Sea of Blue was held Thursday night in honor of deputy Locke. According to the Hardin County Sheriff’s Department, the route started in Adamsville, went through Crump, and followed U.S. Highway 64 into Savannah. Community members lined the route to pay their respects to…
